Collar-press.



H. P. MOHN.

COLLAR PRESS.

APPLICATION man JAN-3h i917 1,228.,4c66. I Patenteli June 5, 1917 v K I /6 w H L Wic nesses Inventor Attorneys to cooperate with the HENRY PAUL MOI-IN, OF JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR-PRESS.

is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed 10 for enlarging the upper portion of a turnover or double-walled collar, so that a necktie will slide readily between the walls of the collar.

The invention aims to provide novel 15 means for shaping the collar in the manner above set forth, and to provide novel means for heating the core about which the collar is formed.

It is within the province of the disclosure 20 to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows intop plan, a collar press embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation wherein parts are broken away and shown in section; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the shaper which is placed between the walls of the collar.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a support of any desired kind, the same in the present instance being shown as comprising legs 1 supporting a top 50. Mounted on the top 50 is a plate 2 held in place by securing elements 51. The plate 2 has an upstanding hollow core 3. Adjacent its upper edge and about its circumference, the core 3 is provided with a circumscribing recess 4.

The numeral 5 denotes a shaper, ordinarily made out of spring steel. Adjacent its upper edge and upon its inner side, the shaper 5 is provided with a rib 6 adapted recess 4 in the core 8. The numeral 7 denotes a resilient com- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed January 31, 1917. Serial No.145,725.

pression member which surrounds the shaper 5 exteriorly. At its ends, the compression member 7 is equipped with ears 8.

Fixed to and rising from the plate 2 is a standard 9. A shaft 10 is mounted in the standard 9 and in the adjacent wall of the core 3, which is made of metal. Sheaves 12 are journaled on the shaft 10 and are located between the standard 9 and the core 3. The upper ends of flexible elements 14, which may be light chains, are secured to the ears 8 of the compression member 7, the flexible elements 14 being trained across the sheaves 12 and being extended downwardly through openings in the plate 2 and in the top 50 of the table. The lower ends of the flexible elements 14 are connected to a pedal 15, provided at itsouter end with a foot plate 16. The pedal 15 being fulcrumed at 17 on a bar 18 constituting a part of a framework connecting the legs 1. The inner end of the pedal 15 maybe provided with a weight 19.

The numeral 20 denotes a pipe passing upwardly through an opening 21 in the top 50 of the table and carrying a burner 22 located Within the contour of the core 3.

In practical operation, the shaper 5 is placed between the walls of a collar 23, and the collar 23, together with the shaper is placed about the core 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the pedal 15 is pressed downwardly, 14 will be drawn upon, the same riding across the sheaves 12 and efledting a tightening of the compression member 7 around the collar 23. By this operation, the rib 6 on the shaper 5 will be made to cooperate with the recess 4 in the core 3, and the collar will be enlarged, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the necktie can slide readily lengthwise between the walls of the collar.

l Vhen pressure is removed from the pedal 15, the weight 19 tends to raise the outer end of the pedal. The compression member 7 is resilient and its ends tend to expand outwardly, when the pull of the flexible elements 14 is released. The flexible elements 14, therefore, are drawn upwardly over the sheaves 12, when the compression member 7 expands and when the ends thereof move outwardly.

The burner 22 serves to maintain the core 8 in a properly heated condition, and it is to be observed that the collar is maintained heated, during the operation above mentioned.

the flexible elements Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A device for putting a bulge into one wall of a double-Walled collar, to permit a necktie to slide between the Walls or the collar, the device including a core having an exterior recess extended circumferentially of the core; a shaper extended circumferentially of the core and having a rib oooperatingwith the recess; a compression member cooperating With the outer face of the shaper"; and mechanism for operating the compression member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a corehaving an exterior recess extended circumferentially' of the core; a shaper extended circumferentially of the core and having a rib cooperating With the recess; a compression member cooperating With the outer face of the shaper; and tension means connected With the compression member to effect a compression thereof.

3. A device of the class described comprising a core having an exterior recess extended circuinferentially of the core; a shaper extended circumferentially of the core and having a rib cooperating With the recess and a compression-means'oooperating with" the outer face of the shaper.

4. A device of the class described comprising a support; a core carried by the support the core having an exterior recess Copies of this patent may be obtained for extended circumferen'tially of the core; a shaper extended circinnferentially of the core and havii'lg a rib cooperating With the recess; a compression member cooperating with the outer face of the shaper; a pedal fulcrumed on the support; flexible elements connected With the ends of the compression member and with the pedal; and direction changing means coacting with the flexible elements.

5. A device of the class described comprising a support; a core carried by the support'and provided with an exterior circumscribing recess; a shaper extended circumferentially of the core andco'6perating with the recess; a coinpressioninember cooperating with the outer face of the shaper; flexible. elements connected with the ends of'the compression member; and means for operating the flexible" elements from a point 'beloW the table, the compression member being outwardly expansible to effect an upward-movement of the flexible elements.

In testimony that L claim the foregoing as my own, I- have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

PAUL

Witnesses:

Hanna; J. Ronenns, CH S. I. Horn.

five cents each, by addressing-the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1 G. 

